¶ Buick, its production of
'58s halted at 242,000, v. 400,000 in the '57 model year, has scrapped
its boxy, overchromed styling, will turn out a comparatively
chrome-free, conservative "comeback car" in a "complete break with the
past." The longer, lower, wider '59, which will come out in
mid-September, will taper from its flaring, high-finned rear to its
shovel-snouted front. It will have slanting double headlights like the
1958 Lincoln's, and bigger front and rear windows. Only this year's
toothy aluminum grille will remain....